Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Mark Karafin

CAST: Gabe Bettio*,Walter Brandes*, Jordan Brown, Mac Brydon*, Don Castro*, John Dewey*, Brad Fryman*, Jennifer Gawlik*, Bill Green, Derric Harris*, Lara Ianni, Jake Lacy, Adam Petherbridge*, Lorenzo Scott*, Philip Watt*, Cotton Wright*, Elizabeth Zins*

Stage Manager: Dee Dee Katchen*

The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row

Insecurity!
Written By Mickey Zetts
Directed by Mark Karafin

CAST: Walter Brandes*, Fiona Choi, Chris Combs, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Jessica Farr, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Randy Howk, and Mickey Zetts

Executive Producer: Brad Fryman
Stage Manager: Jenna R. Lazar

An unlikely romance blooms when a motley crew of recession victims scheme to save their jobs. Who knew that being a Security Guard was this much fun?

Macbeth
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Phil Atlakson

CAST: Brian D. Coats*, James Holloway*, John Gardner, Mac Brydon*, William Laney*,
Jonathan Pereira*, Gabe Bettio*, David McLellan*, Claire Anderson, Sarah Ecton-Luttrell*, 
Cliff Jewell*, Eden Walker, Laura Siner*, Grace Pettijohn, Paula Wilson*, Allison Goldberg*

Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Dianna Martin
Original Music by Mickey Zetts
Choreography: Adia Tamar Whitaker
Fight Choreography: Ryan Bartruff
Set Design: Phil Atlakson
Lighting Design: Sharon Huizinga
Graphic Design by Philip Emeott

Ghost on Fire
Written By Michael Weller
Directed by Eric Parness (member SSDC)

Ghost on Fire, tells the story of a trio of friends who worked together in their student days making films they hoped would change the world; now, fifteen years later, they are nostalgic for their lost idealism and unhappy with the choices they have made in the "real world." As the events of the play unfold, they are each, in their different ways, forced to confront their compromise, their failed aspirations, and their mortality, and challenged to reclaim what is best in themselves.

CAST: Brianne Berkson*, Brian D. Coats*, Jane Cortney*, Jarel Davidow*, Craig Fitzpatrick, Brad Fryman*, Rand Guerrero, Don Harvey*, Angus Hepburn*, Linda Larkin*

Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Mark Karafin
Set Design: Sarah B Brown
Lighting Design: Sharon Huizinga
Graphic Design: Philip Emeott

BOTH at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row

A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once
Written By Stacey Lane
Directed by Brad Fryman

At the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre in the Abingdon Theatre Complex and the Midtown International Theatre Festival. This play was nominated by the Festival for two awards; Stacey Lane for Best New Play, and Linda S. Nelson for Best Actress in a Play. We are especially proud, because this play was yet another work of a contemporary playwright which made it to the mainstage through our Oberon Originals Reading Series.

CAST: Jane Cortney *, William Laney *, Dianna Martin, Linda Nelson *, Laura Siner *

Merry Wives of Windsor
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Cara Reichel and Brad Fryman

Sweet Love Adieu
By Ryan JW Smith
Directed by Don Harvey

Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare

"...a spirited production. The cast as a whole had great ensemble energy, and the minor characters were a delight. Too often, Shakespeare is a long, tedious affair, but this production sizzled..." Jenny Sandman, Off-Off Broadway Review

The Years
By Cindy Lou Johnson
Directed by Cynthia Dillon

"'The Years,' written by Cindy Lou Johnson and directed by Cynthia Dillon, presents stellar acting along with an impeccable script to make this a sure fire hit for one of New York's finest theatre companies." - Amanda Scarpone, Broadway World

Feasting on Cardigans
By Mark Eisman
Directed by Amy Henault

"The story is surprisingly charming, and is warmly directed by the level-headed Amy Henault. Both direction and author are careful never to push the moth metaphor too far, and both make their points succinctly in each of the play's brief, declarative scenes. The acting too is winning" -- Matthew Murray, Talkin' Broadway

Road to Nirvana
By Arthur Kopit
Directed by Donovan Johnson

"Oberon Theatre Ensemble gave Road to Nirvana new life, with a strong and charismatic production." - Jenny Sandman, Off-Off-Broadway Review

Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love
By Brad Fraser
Directed By Tim Errickson

"Director Tim Errickson and his consistently excellent cast of seven mine this early play by Canadian Brad Fraser for authentic emotional content, and as a result a work that always seemed to me to be nihilist and sensational now exhibits unexpected depth and humanity. It's also a ripping good show: Remains, part angst-ridden twenty-something melodrama, part suspense thriller, keeps us riveted to-and occasionally on the edges of-our seats." --Martin Denton, nytheatre.com

The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It
By Don Nigro
Directed by Christopher Thomasson

"Nigro nails the human condition; and Oberon Theatre Ensemble nails his play in this lively, likable, thought-provoking production." - Martin Denton, nytheatre .com

Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
Directed by Eric Parness

"touching, triumphant retelling of John Steinbeck's drama" - Elias Stimac, Off-Off-Broadway Review

"This timeless story of loneliness and the human urge for home and companionship held the audience rapt until its devastating conclusion." - Michael Portantiere, theatremania.com

Moonchildren
By Michael Weller
Directed by Tim Errickson

"The Oberon Theatre Ensemble's recent revival was an intelligent, acutely observed, and beautifully acted theatrical experience that transcended categorization. The performances were exciting, true, and fresh; the production was simultaneously funny and heartbreaking; it was well-paced and well-designed; and it could (and should) have been lifted in its entirety and transferred to the stage of the Booth Theatre, the Cherry Lane, or the Ahmanson (in L.A.) to sustain an extended open-ended run. Director Tim Errickson displayed an unerring sense of the piece that never failed the work, the actors, or the audience, and the entire evening reverberated with the thrill of the true meaning of the word revival: a life restored to full strength and validity." -- Doug DeVita, Off-Off-Broadway Review

"this is an important, vital work by one of our most extraordinarily gifted if underappreciated playwrights, and the Oberon Theatre Ensemble deserves great praise for such an excellent presentation." - Michael Portantiere, Theatremania.com

Union
By Whitney Hamilton
Directed by Emily Tetzlaff

"Oberon is to be congratulated for the courage, talent and discipline it took to bring this larger-than-life vision to the stage." - Julie Halpern, Off-Off-Broadway

The Physicists
By Friedrich Durrenmatt
Directed by Rex McGraw

"The talented ensemble contributed portrayals of the highest caliber" - Julie Halpern, Off-Off Broadway

The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Emily Tetzlaff

"Production values a Broadway house would be proud of." Julie Halpern, Off-Off Broadway

Ghosts
By Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Rex McGraw

"The Oberon Theatre Ensemble is young and ambitious...and should one day fulfill its commendable ambitions." - IBSEN News and Comments

The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Donovan Johnson

The company was comfortable enough with the language to take audacious risks with the text that paid off handsomely." - Doug DeVita, Off-Off Broadway